Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-25
State News.
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East Livermore Campmeeting Association the
old Board of Trustees was elected II was
voted to bold campmeeting during the week
commencing Aug. %. Also voted to give
klmoail Post Of Livermore Falls, and snv
other post Of the Grand Army, the use of the
grounds July 4th. for picnic-An officer of
the State Reform School was in town this
week looking for two boys who had escaped
from that institution. He was unable TO find
them here and went TO Brettcn's Mills, but
could find no trace Of the lads
ARoosrooK
Sylvanus Suitter, of Hodgden, lad of IA
years, while engaged in peeling bark with his
father in Ludlow. met with a serious accident
last Thursday afternoon. While in the act
OF iimbing lodged tree, the latter fell on
him. causing the dislocation of his RICH:
shoulder blade and bruising his head and
neck
FRANKLIN.
The new Baptist church at Pennington will
De dedicated Tuesday of next week. The
society will then be tree from debt aud the
church will also be free to all worshippers
The sermon will be delivered BY Rev Horace
Tilden of HYDE Park. Mass, and Miss Lizzie
NJ. Brown has kindly consented to sing
have proved disastrous conf agration by the
prompt action of one of her ci liens, who,
discovering blaze, managed BY hard work
to extinguish it.
NEW SHARoN.-Our correspondent writes,
June %: Two peddlers, German-Jews with
cart and horses. hailing from Hallowell,
came into town, and put up at Days Hotel
tuesday night, last week, for a nights lodg-
ing. In the morning on the first visit to the
stable, the man to whom the goods belonged,
oiled his cart and said nothing of missing any
goods. Alter breakfast Mr.. Day went to the
stable and found the man CRYING over his
loss, he claimed, of two bundles of goods,
comprising two paisley shawls and silks and
satins, to the value, he first stated, of fifty
dollars, then thought hundred would
cover 1t. On further search he fixed the
amount at four hundred, which he said had
been taken from the cart during the night
The landlord claimed that everything in the
cart was just as it was when driven in and
has witnesses to testify to the same fact. The
stable was securely locked before 8 o'clock
and unfastened in the morning by Mr.. Day
himself The sheriff was asked to search
the house but declined 10 do so. He how
ever did make some effort to find the goods,
in tracking two men who stopped at the hotel
the same night, who claimed to be river
drivers going to Norridgewock, and who
had neither supper nor breakfast. The
sheriff satisfied himself that they were what
they claimed to be-. The German staid in
town till Saturday morning. and left for Hal.
lowell, having sued the landlord tor damage
and attached his property. Ii is question
what became of the goods if the owner can
show bill OF purchase as he claims.
KENSEBEc
The Watervlle Sentinel saws Hon. r. b.
Dunn and other directors of he Somerset
railway COMPANY met a: Oakland, Wednesday,
to confer in regard to the disposal of the
road. As there seemed to be no prospect of
making any satisfactory arrangements with
the Maine Central, they voted to extend the
road to Bingham, and work will be begun at
once at that end.
The Bodwell Granite Co., at Vinalhaven.
are shipping stone cutters tools to Jone sboro,
where they have contract for building in
Philadelphia to be cut in red granite.
Monday night VIM. Thompson of Lincoln
vile, sailor on schooner Anna Shepard,
which is dischargng coal at Tllson's wharf,
at Rockland, fell from the quarter to the main
deck, distance of about five feet and struck
j. S, Ranletts boarding house-A young
lady named Allen fell into the cellar of the
new block on Main street one evening re.
Gently. She was leaning against railing
which was not securely fastened, when it
gave way, and she was pitched into the Gel
lar. She was stu IN ID by the fail but singu-
ta'ly escaped WORCESTERSHIRE unloading
IRON pipes from a schO ner At riilSon's wharf
Chas, Gross mad one Of h hands severely
cru.hed
SAGADAHoC.
Miss Gtorgia Cayran. formerly Ct Bath,
arrived in New York, Tue sday, from Europe
She will spen1 part Of tho summer at the
seashore and part in the country, but will
devote part of her time to study and prep
aration for the coming season at the Lyceum
Theatre, New York.
SOMERSET.
J. W. Manson and F. w. Hovey of Pitts
field, have formed c0-partner,hp under the
firm name of Manson & Hovey. to assist in
balancing the scales of juslice-for CON
sideration. Mr.. Manson has already made
his mark at the Somerset bar, and is well
known in other parts of the State, while Mr.
Hovey Is just starting on professional
career.
Monday night, S. f. Plummer's store at
Detroit was entered by one or more burglars
The safe was bored into, and finally forced
open and some $50 distracted Nothing else
of value was taken
As Sylvester Kendall and wife of Will.
matte, were On their way frsm Newport.
where they had been to attend the funeral Of
her mother, they met with a sad accident.
The horse became frightened by a dog and
jumped sideways. upsetting the carriage and
throwing Mrs Kendall out, breaking her
ankle. DR.. o II. Merrill was called and re-
duced the fracture.
Fairfield is making extensive preparations
for the celebration If the Fourth and is an
ticipating "great time"
WAsHINGToN
Robert Camplin aud wife Of Eastport were
both very badly injured by their horse run
ming away and overturning the carriage -
The Esstport Water Co. have two wells at
Boyd's field that hold sc, 900 gallons of water
each Superintendent Carroll says that the
flow in these two wells is 80 900 gallons 10
twenty four hours.-A terrible thunder storm
passed over Eastport Wednesday afternoon.
F. S & C. A Paine's new wharf and build
ing upon the old site on Sea street, begin to
assume large proportions, The wharf is 2l3
feet vide on the street front and is 230 feet
long. The store and warehouse building is
two stories with 20 #. posts, l75 feet leng by
% it, in width, with a one story coal shed at
the lower end OF this building, built cross wise
| of the wharf, 50x % #. The construction of
the wharf and building has been under the
supervision of James Camplin and the work